Benjamin West
1738-1820
Christ
15 x 9 9/16 inches (380 x 243 mm)
Black and white chalk, on gray paper
1970.11:16
Purchased as a gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Study for the figure in "The Baptism", the painting originally executed for the King's Chapel at Windsor, now at the War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina.
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and His Son, Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 54, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 107, pl. 23.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 107, pl. 23.
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